Menlo JCL

Kayla is at the polls but Lorica is finished. There is a word search and other games for extra credit. Evan reached out to the LifeMoves tutoring program. Unless anyone is fluent in Spanish, they are not looking for more volunteers right now. Claire needs to make a page with instructions for the Amazon link donation. The link with volunteer… Read more →

Ahna and Sonia went to Mass JCL Classics Day and it went well. One good thing they had was that colloquia was live which we should replicate at convention. The speakers were also really good. Virtual Ludi (November 14th, 2020, 9am-5pm ) will be pretty similar. Magis went to a talk on Race and Racism in Classics. Discussing racism in… Read more →

Ahna and Sonia are going to Mass JCL Classics Day, and they will keep track of the speakers. Magis is going to a talk on Race and Racism in Classics. Ludi payment will be available on the Menlo Bookstore website tomorrow ($10). The Ludi forms are under the “Forms” tab on the Menlo JCL website.  Jacob will add a list… Read more →

Massachusetts is doing a miniature convention on Saturday, October 24th, 10am-6pm EST. Madeline Miller (author of Circe) is speaking. Sonia and Ahna will attend and Sonia will post the flyer on the instagram/email it out to everyone. She will also make a list of events and people can sign up to go watch. Anyone can attend. Ludi is happening on… Read more →

The Golub family offered to do a social distanced party at school with geocaching or a movie (Sparticus/Gladiator). Ms. Jordt and Magis need to get permission from the school. People like the movie idea. Ahna, Sonia, Magis, and Ms. Jordt decided on committee heads for the Convention. We went through the different responsibilities.  We could set up an Amazon wishlist… Read more →

Ludi is November 14 9am-5pm. We want the maximum number of people to attend this year; people don’t need to go for the whole day. We are having the scavenger hunt tomorrow (September 30) from 12:10-12:40 for the middle schoolers. Sonia will email Ms. Nguyen from the middle school with the Zoom link and time. Evan told us a list… Read more →

We need someone in JCL or a Latin student to draw the cover for the state convention packet. Claire suggested asking Allie McKinny. Because Saturday is Rosh Hashanah, we decided to move the scavenger hunt to Thursday, September 24th during the tutorial (2:10-2:40). Kayla will send out an email. We voted on amendments. List of amendments.  Motion passes. Motion passes.… Read more →

Sonia has the scavenger hunt which will last no longer than 10 minutes. We discussed the different possibilities for dates for the JCL welcome event, but we will put that decision on hold until we better understand the schedule and club timing. Kayla suggested that we open the event for all JCL families so we can hold it over the… Read more →